verb
- dividing words into syllables; pronouncing words syllable by syllable
Usage: present participle of syllable
Examples
- The teacher was syllabling each word to help students with pronunciation.
- She practiced syllabling difficult words before the spelling bee.
- The speech therapist focused on syllabling multisyllabic words.
- Students were syllabling poetry to understand its rhythm.
- The reading program emphasized syllabling as a decoding strategy.
- He had trouble syllabling compound words correctly.